Al-Khelaifi proposes global clubs body, takes veiled swipe at Infantino
- On Tuesday, European Football Clubs chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi unveiled plans to establish 'World Football Clubs,' a new global body designed to give clubs an institutional voice in world football.
- Formerly known as the European Club Association, EFC has grown rapidly in recent years, expanding from 247 clubs in 2021 to more than 900 across 55 countries with ambitions to reach 1,000.
- The EFC-UEFA joint venture UC3 will generate more than $5.67 billion over four years, with €233 million previously distributed to 901 clubs for releasing players for national-team competitions.
- During the assembly in Copenhagen, Al-Khelaifi implicitly criticized FIFA President Gianni Infantino regarding transparency while endorsing UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin to seek another term next year.
- The proposed World Football Clubs body intends to create a seventh major constituency in world football, though Al-Khelaifi provided no specific timetable, formal status, or governance details for the structure within FIFA.
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Nasser Al-Khelaïfi confirmed this Tuesday the creation of the World Football Clubs on the sidelines of the Congress of the European Union of Clubs. The president of Paris Saint-Germain and of the Continental Association (EFC) is moving to a higher speed with a world organization.
Al-Khelaifi proposes global clubs body, takes veiled swipe at Infantino
European Football Clubs chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Tuesday unveiled plans to create a new global body representing clubs around the world and launched a thinly veiled attack on FIFA President Gianni Infantino without naming him.
Al-Khelaifi proposes to create a new body that brings together clubs worldwide
The "World Football Clubs" body aims to give clubs a global institutional voice, essentially creating a seventh major pillar in world football, alongside the six continental confederations, which will, however, represent clubs and not national federations.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, notably president of Paris Saint-Germain and of the EFC (European Association of Clubs), was facing the press in Copenhagen on the sidelines of the general assembly of the second entity. He was invited to mention the FIFA presidency, both the polemics around Gianni Infantino and the possibility of replacing him. [...]
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